03, 2005 11:52 AM
To: vortex-L@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: BLP implementation path
Standing Bear wrote:
Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fearful public during the
depths of World War II.
I believe that was an aircraft carrier
On Monday 02 May 2005 20:17, Mike Carrell wrote:
Standing Bear wrote:
snip
Good use for it. Another use may be to utilize it for rocket propulsion.
There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
Standing Bear wrote:
Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fearful public during the depths
of World War II.
I believe that was an aircraft carrier made of ice mixed with sawdust and
or ground-up newspaper. It was to be deployed in the
: BLP implementation path
Standing Bear wrote:
Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fearful public during the depths
of World War II.
I believe that was an aircraft carrier made of ice mixed with sawdust and
or ground-up newspaper
On Thursday 14 April 2005 15:15, Mike Carrell wrote:
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. An important
factor is perceptions of the future. While expansion and a better future
are seen as
Someone whose name I don't know writes:
There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
highly classified.
Hey, how about just writing Anthony and asking him about the project?
http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese/
Standing Bear wrote:
snip
Good use for it. Another use may be to utilize it for rocket propulsion.
There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
highly classified. This just may have been the real
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: BLP implementation path
On Thursday 14 April 2005 15:15, Mike Carrell wrote:
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual
alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. An important
factor is perceptions
A guy whose name I still don't know writes:
The web site is a resume. Dr. Marchese is highly qualified as a
researcher and has worked on several government projects. All
of these will have had a classification of confidential or better.
Without a need to know and the required clearances, a
At 2:49 PM 4/15/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
[snip]
My point in the essay is that wind and solar have well known problems, and
hydrogen storage and distribution on the scale necessary to sustain our
present lifestyle is not attractive.
In responding to this sentence earlier I got sidetracked by
Horace Heffner writes:
It seems to me
clear that we do not have to fully convert to a hydrogen economy to make
dramatic reductions in the cost of energy . . .
Certainly not. In fact, if things like HTSC power transmission and better
batteries for cars and power smoothing become available, we
Horace Heffner writes:
If everything but jet fuel is replaced with renewables then oil products
should be extremely economical. Jet fuel should be cheap. However, there
is no reason a suitable jet fuel can not be economically made from
biological sources, like steam reforming of waste fats
At 3:17 PM 4/16/5, Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:27:09
-0800:
Hi,
[snip]
At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found
At 2:49 PM 4/15/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
Man could adapt, we have done so before and can do so again. Air cargo is a
significant factor in international commerce, which gets fresh fruit from
South America into our supermarkets in January. Dwindling oil reserves could
be directed to such use [at
Mike Carrell writes:
My point in the essay is that wind and solar have well known problems, and
hydrogen storage and distribution on the scale necessary to sustain our
present lifestyle is not attractive. However, BLP technologies offer a way
forward which can work along with hydrogen
(Jed, any idea why the reply field on your message come through pointing
to you, not Vortex?)
Jed Rothwell wrote:
The only conventional energy source that offers the same kind of unlimited
power and incredible capablities that BLP or CF offer is spaced-based solar. I
guess that would be
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:27:09
-0800:
Hi,
[snip]
At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory.
Found unsatisfactory by whom? You
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. An important
factor is perceptions of the future. While expansion and a better future are
seen as possible, people will dream, hope, invest and work to make it
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